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New ideas - and a boatload of bands - are cropping up in Arlington. Check out the lineup of future events.

Wayside Motel's debut EP Eleven AM Checkout includes 4 previously unreleased songs, ending with "Beg," which can be found at the beginning of the video above.

Folk-pop duo Telephone House formed in the middle of the pandemic when lead vocalists, guitarists and songwriters Dan Bowman and Tarun Krishnan began sending each other notes, voice memos and demos online. After releasing their video for "Cracks in the Pavement" last March, Telephone House is ready for their Pendulum EP release party Thursday evening at Wild Detectives in Oak Cliff. To make the celebration extra special, the duo will expand to a full seven-piece band for the occasion.  Drow...

It was also during this time that King started drumming for Fort Worth jam band Cherry Mantis — an unexpected place for a rapper to get his start. “I just drummed for anything because I liked all music,” King says. “But I always kind of had that thing in the back of my mind that I wanted to be a singer, rapper guy.” In 2018, tragedy struck again when his father, suffered a heart attack and died. “How could this happen twice?” King remembers asking. “I wouldnt have ever gotten in...